Pumpkin Coffee Cake

Ingredients

Ingredients for Streusel

• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup rolled oats (aka old fashioned oats)
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup pecan nuts, chopped

Ingredients for Pumpkin Layer

• 3 cups pumpkin puree
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon all spice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Ingredients for Cake

• 2 cups all-purpose flour Measure your flour correctly!
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup (equivalent to 1 stick) butter
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• Makes 16 servings

Directions

Directions for the Streusel

1. Melt the butter.
2. Mix together the meted butter, flour, rolled oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans. Do this while the butter is still hot, it will mix much more easily. Set it aside once mixed.

Directions for the Pumpkin Layer

1. Mix together the pumpkin puree, egg, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, all spice, and nutmeg. Set it aside.

Directions for Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease an 8 x 8 baking dish and set it aside.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Set the dry ingredients aside.
4. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar.
5. Mix in the vanilla extract and eggs.
6. Mix half of the dry ingredients and half of the sour cream into the wet ingredients, then repeat to complete the cake batter.
7. Pour half of the cake batter into the greased baking dish.
8. Sprinkle half of the streusel on top of the cake batter.
9. Pour all of the pumpkin mixture on top of the streusel layer.
10. Pour the remaining half of the cake batter on top of the pumpkin layer.
11. Sprinkle the remaining half of the streusel on top.
12. Bake it in the preheated oven for about 75 minutes or until a toothpick pushed into the center comes out clean.
13. Allow it to cool completely before cutting into it.
14. Store in the refrigerator or in the freezer.